Boniface Kariuki: TikToker Enacts Moving Skit of Mask Vendor's Family Learning He'd Been Shot
- Boniface Kariuki was shot while in the streets selling masks to protesters who often need them when things become thick
- He fell and blood oozed from his head, and the scene hurt many people who thought he had died on the spot, but it turned out that he survived the shooting and was taken to the hospital.
- A young man identified as @realdavy and other members of his team played the whole scene, starting from how Kariuki probably left home, to when he was shot and left many Kenyans in tears
A popular TikToker has performed a skit of how the family of the vendor who was shot while selling masks reacted after learning of the news.
Source: Facebook
How did the skit affect Kenyans?
The skit starts with the man preparing to go and sell masks after he learnt that there will be demonstrations to agitate for the resignation of Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat.
His wife runs up to him and says that she will be working in the farm all day so that she can put together a meal by the time he returns in the evening.
But that never happens; his wife puts on her phone only to see her video of him being gunned down, and she has to keep it together for the children, although she is breaking inside.
" Mum, when is dady coming," asked a child.
"He is coming," said the mother, then she dissolved into tears."
Source: Facebook
How did Kenyans react to the shooting?
Kenyans created a shrine in honour of the Nairobi mask seller and adorned it with white roses, stones, as well as newspapers.
Meanwhile, the armed anti-riot police officer who shot him at close range has since been arrested.
The arrest of the police officer was ordered by Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, who was responding to an uproar from the members of the public.
When Kenyans heard about the arrest, they were very excited, saying that they would follow up until Kariuki got justice.
How did Kenyans react to the video:
Princess Wa Gutters 😍
"Justice for Eli Joshua 😌😌😌🥺🥺."
Larrhy254:
"Soo painful 😭😭 especially to Eli Joshua family 😭."
Muthoni🦋🤍:
"May he survive😭because this is painful. The surgery was at least successful 😭."
Non-puppet:
"I found myself shedding tears😭."
ℕ𝕒𝕤𝕤✨:
"So unfortunate and heartbreaking 💔🥲 mum kwani dad hakuji."
maggie maggy:
"So painful😞😞😞😞suddenly we could have lost one of our cousins😞😔whose crime was selling mask😞😞😞😔🧐."
@mpokot:
"Aki walai mimi hii video imeniumiza 😭😭😭walai this round wata tuwa wote."
yvonnenyambura988:
"This broke me , he was just doing his normal hustle he didn't deserve that😭."
Hawker recounts a colleague being shot
Meanwhile, a hawker gave a firsthand account of when Kariuki was shot during protests near Imenti House.
According to Edwin Kagia, the 22-year-old hawker had raised his hands when a masked officer slapped him and shot him at point-blank range with a shotgun..
Bystanders who saw the incident unravel screamed and rushed to help the young man as he collapsed on the pavement. Although he fell with a thud, he was still clutching at his wares.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
